As the sun went down, the Prime Minister's residence was busy, and in the courtyard, Ma Ren was leading his men to do a final inventory of the luggage, while ordering the guards to make the dinner for the day. Su, who was in charge of the kitchen of the Prime Minister's residence, had already returned to Nambu Valley with her men three days ago, so she had to go back to the valley villa to clean up first. After Su's departure, there is no one to arrange the chores of the Prime Minister's Office. Huo Sihua has to go to school in the past few days, and the academy will only be released this afternoon, so she has to go out to the streets to buy gifts for Wu Da and Yu Kui, Huo Sihua has no time to manage the chores, so all these chores will fall on Ma Ren.
In addition to Su and Huo Sihua can enter the villa in the valley, other people are prohibited to enter. After Su and Huo went north to Kangcheng, the villa was closed with a seal, and a high wall had been built around the villa. There are weeds growing inside the high wall, which are cleaned up by Dazhuang and his wife Ge Erniu, who stayed in the valley.
There are glass factories, weapons factories, steel smelters, and pharmaceutical research institutes in the valley, and the western side of the valley is built near the river to build a sailor's battalion. Minghui valley not to mention the villa in the priceless twenty-first century supplies, is that these factories are important, such an exceptionally important place, only to leave the big strong such a loyal people guard, Zheng Chu two people will rest assured. Dazhuang lived up to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui's heavy trust and managed Minghui Valley in a merely organized manner.
Big strong old man three years ago followed Wu Da went to Kangcheng stayed, stayed in Kangcheng newly built steel smelting sub-factory within the technical masters, several other together with the north of the technical masters in their respective industries of the new sub-factories as a technical backbone or chief, after three years of hard work, these factories have been normal operation.
Dajang old man is old, most of his life has been suffering, even if the conditions later on better, Jiang Gui specializes in Dajang old man prescribed conditioning Chinese medicine prescriptions to maintain the body, Dajang old man's health is still gradually weakened.
The winter in Kangcheng is colder than in Nanbu, and Father Dajiang is very afraid of the cold, and his crippled leg is always in pain. Seeing this, Zheng Yuming asked Big Strong Old Man to retire and go back to Minghui Valley, where the winters are warmer, to spend his time. Big Strong Old Man thought that his master was going to abandon him, and secretly cried a couple of times, despite the fact that the valley slaves had already acquired the status of free people from the essence, Big Strong Old Man still regarded himself as the slave of Zheng Chu and the two men.
When Zheng Yuming heard about it, he had to send Ma Ren to comfort him, explain the meaning of retirement to Big Strong Old Man, and ensure that Big Strong Old Man can still work as a consultant in the Valley Smelter after retirement without having to go to work on time. Dajiang old man by Ma Ren persuasion, peace of mind, this time the southern patrol, Dajiang old man will follow along back.
Dazhuang's son is already four years old, last spring Ge Erniu gave birth to a daughter, Dazhuang old man has not yet seen this more than a week of granddaughter, Dazhuang old man is now a senior artisan, the monthly salary of fifty gold coins, plus the end of the year bonuses, improve the process of innovation award, Dazhuang old man is already a middle class. But habit makes it so, big strong old man life is still simple, only to the grandchildren to spend money, this time back, big strong old man in the city of Kang big buy special sale, to the grandchildren of the gifts have two boxes. Tomorrow morning will be the departure, big strong old man in advance of the luggage to the Prime Minister's Office, handed over to Ma Ren check, tomorrow with the Prime Minister's Office of the luggage box together with the shipment to the high Massachusetts ferry port loading.
While the courtyard was busy, Zheng Yuming received Fan Jin, Chen Meng, Wu Mu, and Wei Ren in his office. Zheng Yuming and King Wu left the royal capital, Kang city administration must still operate as usual, Fan Jin is responsible for public opinion, Chen Meng and Wu Mu is responsible for administration, Wei Ren is responsible for the military, Zheng Yuming talked to them one by one, until the end of the day. After the four left, Huang Zhong, who had been waiting for more than an hour, came in to report to Zheng Yuming.
Since Huang Zhong became the intelligence head of Wu, and former friends began to alienate, and the royal court familiar with the important ministers to maintain a distance, and even the heart of the city without the city of Da Niu, Huang Zhong intentionally reduced the interaction. Huang Zhong came to see Zheng Chu two people, never go to the side door. Today, knowing that there is someone in Zheng Yuming's office, he did not go in, and only waited for the four Fanjin people to leave before letting the guards inform him.
"Zhao Xuan has come to Kangcheng?" Zheng Yuming was surprised.
"Yes, my subordinates were derelict in their duties, the personnel at the capital of the potential King of Zhao didn't notice Zhao Xuan's whereabouts, and it was only when Zhao Xuan arrived at Kang City and met with the people at Zhao's intelligence strongholds that the Intelligence Division found out." Huang Zhong's men now numbered around five hundred, of which more than three hundred were spread across the vassal states, and more than one hundred were spread across the borders of Wu and the major counties.
The largest number of intelligence officers sent to the capital of King Zhao had three teams, each of which was in single-line contact with Huang Zhong, and the officers between the teams did not know each other to prevent them from being detected and then taken out in one pot.
None of the three groups had realized that Zhao Xuan had left. If it wasn't for the fact that Zhao's intelligence stronghold located in the capital of the Kingdom of Wu four years ago had been exposed long ago, and had been under Huang Zhong's surveillance since then, Zhao Xuan secretly sneaking into the Kingdom of Wu would not have been able to find out.
"Zhao's intelligence system has not been established for three years yet, not enough penetration, that Zhao Xuan is not an idle person, deliberately not letting the outside world know, how can the intelligence officers notice." Zheng Yuming was still positive about Huang Zhong's work. "Zhao Xuan came to Wu I don't know what his intentions are, Huang Zhong, have your men be careful when tracking, don't startle him."
"Yes!"
Zheng Yuming thought for a moment and added, "The people from the Intelligence Division should secretly protect it, so that nothing happens to Zhao Xuan in Wu."
Zheng Yuming has no intention of fighting with Zhao, Wu is making money from Zhao, the overland commercial road to the capital of Qin needs to pass through the territory of Zhao, Wu has benefited greatly from this commercial road trading, war with Zhao, Zheng Yuming does not have the certainty that Wu can quickly defeat this relatively powerful country, if it is plunged into a protracted war, the damage to the interests of Wu is too great, for the sake of terrific end of the war, Zhao Xuan can't have anything to do in Wu.
"Subordinate understands!" Huang Zhong knew that the middle was powerful.
"Anything else?" Zheng Yuming saw that there was no end to Huang Zhong's report.
"Your Excellency, the person in charge of monitoring Fu Chou has sent back a message." Huang Zhong hesitated, he had not investigated this matter clearly.
"Still monitoring Fu Chou?" Zheng Yuming smiled.
Why Fu Chou came to Wu, the Intelligence Service had already made an inference, only that after three years of no action by Fu Chou, and after he even picked up his family in May of this year, the inference was no longer meaningful. Obviously, Fu Chou's so-called revenge will not be carried out, Zheng Yuming learned that Fu Chou's family came to Kangcheng by boat, had suggested that Huang Zhong withdraw the surveillance of Fu Chou.
"The Great General instructed his subordinates to be careful with everything." Chu Chao Hui had always valued Zheng Yuming's safety, and he had only asked the Intelligence Bureau to lower the level of surveillance on Fu Chou.
"What's the difference between Fu Chou?" Fu Chou was very active in Zheng Yuming's speech, although the questions were provocative, but very often it was what Zheng Yuming needed, because it allowed Zheng Yuming to more fully explain the ideas to be expressed in the speech. Zheng Yuming was familiar with Fu Chou and didn't hate the scholar.
"A ranger from Yan came to the academy gates with a letter to Fu Chou, written by Fu Chou's tutor from Tang."
"Problems with the correspondence?"
"My subordinate has already had the letters examined, and there is nothing wrong with their content, except for some greetings and care, which is for Fu Chou to do what he can to help the Yan Ranger who delivered the letter."
"Helping a Yan Ranger? What did that Yan Ranger come to Wu for?" When Zheng Yuming thought of a ranger, he thought of Jing Ke, and when he thought of Jing Ke, he thought of Jing Ke's assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin.
"That Yan ranger's name is Kui Ji, Tutor Fu Chou specifically asked his disciple to give him help in his letter, but strangely enough, Kui Ji left after delivering the letter and didn't ask Fu Chou to do anything for him. Kui Ji acted quickly, and his subordinates failed to follow him, but based on Kui Ji's external features, his subordinates investigated and found that Kui Ji had stayed at the inn. From the innkeeper's mouth, I learned that that Kui Ji seems to want to take part in next year's February 2nd Martial Arts Examination, hoping to win wealth and riches in Wu." There were many rangers like Kui Ji who came to Wu to look for opportunities, after all, the news that Wu promotes talents regardless of their birth status had already spread throughout Great Qin along with merchants and newspapers.
"In that case, it seems that Kui Ji has nothing to do with Fu Chou." Zheng Yuming thought about it and felt that that Kui Ji bringing a letter to Fu Chou was probably in passing. Perhaps Kui Ji was a distant relative of Fu Chou's mentor, and only then did Fu Chou's mentor ask his disciple to take care of Kui Ji.
"Subordinate still sends people to continue the stakeout." Huang Zhong was uneasy.
"It's also possible, anyway, tomorrow the king and I will be going to Nambu, if that kui ji follows, the man will have a problem." Zheng Yuming nodded his head in agreement, he had a great love for his little life, and before it was recycled by the heavens, Zheng Yuming wanted to finish what he had to do.
Kui Ji senses that Fu Chou has changed his position and decisively leaves, he feels as if someone is trailing behind him, leaps up the tree to hide, and realizes from the leafy cracks that it is the peddler who was at the entrance to the academy who is trailing him. The peddler did not seem to follow him deliberately, is thirsty to the front to buy tea to quench their thirst. The vendor finished his tea and indeed returned to peddle his goods. Realizing that no one was following him, Kui Ji jumped down from the tree and weaved through the streets with confidence, finding a nicely decorated inn to stay in.
After Quaijee stays, he makes small talk with the innkeeper. When the innkeeper heard that Quai Ji wanted to take the February 2nd promotion exam next year, he felt that he had met a long-term customer. There are still eight months to February 2 next year, foreigners like Kuai Ji are either renting a room or booking a room at the inn to stay and wait, Kuai Ji is generous and does not have any family around, so the possibility of staying at the inn is the greatest.
The innkeeper was enthusiastic about his potential long-term customer, and told all the new things that had happened in Kangcheng recently, including the news that King Wu and Zheng Yuming would be taking a boat to Nambu from the Gao Ma Di ferry tomorrow.
Kui Ji from the innkeeper here to get the news they want, generous threw a gold bounty to the innkeeper, instructed the innkeeper to send water hot water for him to bathe, Kui Ji is ready to take a bath, change into clean clothes on the street to observe the terrain, to see if tomorrow can not find an opportunity to assassinate Zheng Yuming car driving through the street.
After dark, Zhao Xuan took Wu Mou, Bo Yao, and Wei Zou onto the street, Zhao Xuan's thirty guards followed out twenty of them, scattered around Zhao Xuan for protection.
"Wei Zou, wenxiang back to the hotel upstairs seat can see the southern patrol car drive through?" Zhao Xuan low asked Wei Zou.
"Yes, Tai... Master, the Wen Xiang Hui Hotel is on the main road, it's the necessary place for the royal palace to go to the south gate. I am very familiar with the owner of the hotel, and I have the idea to ask the owner to make a private room for the proprietor." Wei Zou replied hesitantly. Zhao Xuan was not the only one who wanted to see Zheng Yuming, the people of Kangcheng all wanted to see Zheng Yuming's handsome face in person.
Zheng Yuming original out will take the hat to cover up, not let people recognize. Once Zheng Yuming to go outside the city to inspect the work back, the hat was accidentally blown off by the wind, so that pedestrians on the street to see, resulting in traffic jams, or Chu Chaohui was informed, sent soldiers to force the road, only to be surrounded by the people of Zheng Yuming rescued.
Zheng Yuming left, in addition to the remnants of the flowers on the ground at the siege, but also fell people throwing handkerchiefs and a variety of jewelry, safe return to the Prime Minister's Office of Zheng Yuming body in addition to the petals and pollen prints, the hair of a woman threw the earrings hanging. Zheng Yuming enjoyed that time the people of Kangcheng enthusiastic spectators, out dare not ride a horse, only dare to sit in a four-wheeled carriage inside and outside, try not to appear in front of the public.
The people of Kangcheng have not seen Zheng Yuming show up for one or two years, tomorrow the southern patrol car passing by, want to see him with their own eyes are not a few people. The streets are closed for walking, but the windows on the street can be seen clearly. In order to catch a glimpse of the style of the falling geese, all the merchants of the street windows have been booked to a light, some residents of the window rooms are also given to the people of the booking of the money.
"Let's check out the location first today." Zhao Xuan was unimpressed, he didn't even realize that the private rooms with windows on the street were quite in demand. Seeing this, Wei Zou hurriedly signaled with his eyes for one of his men to go to the restaurant first to negotiate, even if he smashed down a heavy amount of money, he would still be able to get Zhao Xuan a box with an excellent observation location.
After the sun set and night fell, the residents of Kang City lit up oil lamps, and the doorways of stores doing business lit up lanterns, the entire city of Kang flickered with lights, and there were many pedestrians on the streets.
Zhao Xuan walked slowly through the streets of Kang City, only to feel that there were stores everywhere in Kang City, with a wide variety of stores, with everything to eat, drink, wear, and play, and the people walking on the streets were talking loudly and letting out laughter from time to time, a scene of a flourishing world.
"Kang City has changed so much." Wu Mou, who had grown a beard, sighed, Wu Mou had grown a beard for most of the year because he had come to Kangcheng twice, dealt with the Wu Royal Court twice, and followed Zhao Xuan on his private visits as the person who knew the Wu Kingdom the best, in order not to be recognized by his acquaintances.
"Very big?" Zhao Xuan stopped in his tracks.
"Yes, the last time Milling came to Kangcheng, the houses on both sides of this street were still low-slung dwellings, but now they are all brick attics with stores." Wu Milling pointed to the brightly lit stores on both sides.
"Hehe, this store is very grand, how come it is already closed for business." Bo Yao's head spun around, suddenly pointing to the door with two stone lions in front of the three-story dozen rooms of green brick and red tile building, from the tightly closed doorway, you can see the light, indicating that there are people in the store.
"That's a money bank." Wei Zou, who was walking behind, rushed forward to explain, "This is where money is deposited and borrowed."
"Oh, this is the money bank?" Zhao Xuan surveyed this house with interest, the Wen Wei Po had a report on the opening of the Kang Cheng money bank branch.
"The new currency recently issued by the Kingdom of Wu is exchanged at this money changer."
"What does the new currency look like?" Zhao Xuan was concerned about this.
"Please see, proprietor, this is dollars." Wei Zou took out a gold coin from his pocket.
"Dollars?" Zhao Xuan was puzzled, wasn't Wu's currency going to be called Wu Yuan? How could it be called dollars?
"Eh, in fact, it is is the Wu gold dollar coin, and the value of the Great Qin one gold coin is equal, only the gold dollar printed on the head of the Ulsan ruler Gongziguang, Gongziguang is Gongziming elder brother, the two brothers look similar, both handsome as jade. Once the money bank gold dollar coins, the people call this gold coin for beauty gold dollar, and later said smooth, it is shortened to dollars." Wei Zou popularized the origin of the dollar for Zhao Xuan.
"There is only Gongzi Guang's avatar on the gold dollar coin?" Zhao Xuan's heart moved slightly as he took the gold coin in Wei Zou's hand and raised it up to look closely at it with respect to the nearby lights, wanting to see what the avatar actually looked like.
"Engraving the head of Gongzi Guang on the gold coin, the King of Wu's edict said that it was in honor of Ulsan-kun, without whom there would be no present state of Wu, and the people of Wu would remember this Gongzi forever for generations to come."
Zhao Xuan on the gold coins to commemorate who is not interested, he is interested in from the avatar up to speculate on the looks of Gong Zi Ming, just Zhao Xuan has not yet had time to take a closer look, suddenly feel the ringing in front of the body, a gray shadow fast head-on collision Zhao Xuan, Zhao Xuan attention was attracted, was about to avoid, suddenly feel that take gold coins of the fingers slip, gold coins were another from the side of the side of the skinny man scurried snatch away.